About Jillanne
Jillanne Hecker is a licensed counselor who practices in Florida and holds LPCC and LMHC credentials. She has six years of experience helping people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, grief, depression, or trauma. Her work is direct and practical, aimed at making day-to-day life more manageable.
In sessions she listens closely and helps people name what feels most urgent. She uses straightforward strategies to reduce symptoms and improve coping.
Background and approach
Many people come for help with self-esteem, relationship problems, or life changes and find concrete tools that fit their routines. Jillanne blends several therapy methods to match each person’s needs. She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to change unhelpful thinking patterns.
Mindfulness practices help clients notice and manage strong emotions. She also uses Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills and EMDR when trauma processing is needed. She commonly supports clients dealing with addiction, bipolar disorder, eating concerns, compassion fatigue, and ADHD.
Additional areas include caregiver stress, aging and geriatric issues, body image, and the aftermath of divorce or separation. Jillanne pays attention to the whole person, including work and family pressures that affect mental health. Her sessions are collaborative and focused on small achievable steps.
She helps people build better communication, set healthier boundaries, and find ways to forgive themselves or others when that is a goal. The aim is steady progress, not quick fixes.
How Jillanne’s Approaches Work Online
Jillanne commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people spot and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors; this is useful for anxiety, depression, and stress. She also uses Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills to teach emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and better interpersonal communication. When trauma is a main concern, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing is an option to process painful memories and reduce their intensity.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, history, and what has or hasn’t helped before. Together they decide whether to focus on skill-building, trauma work, or a mix of methods and they adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs. Video allows face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone can be shorter and is an option when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and messaging work well for quick check-ins, homework support, or when written reflection feels helpful. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and keep steady momentum between sessions.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- Florida, Ohio
- Languages
- English